Lingoflyзубна паста
- зубна пастаzubna pastatoothpaste
“зубна паста” (zubna pasta) — toothpaste in Ukrainian. Noun, level A2. Word for word the international term, and here paste is not a food. The tube is "tiubik" — the same word as for a tube of paint. In a live sentence: “Зубна паста закінчилася” (Zubna pasta zakinchylasia) — The toothpaste has run out. Written with the characters з (z), у (U), б (b), н, а (a), п, а (a), с, т, а (a). A word from the everyday Ukrainian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Ukrainian | зубна паста (zubna pasta) |
| Read in Latin letters | zubna pasta |
| Translation | toothpaste |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Word for word the international term, and here paste is not a food. The tube is "tiubik" — the same word as for a tube of paint.
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- Зубна паста закінчиласяZubna pasta zakinchylasiaThe toothpaste has run out
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “toothpaste” in Ukrainian?
«зубна паста» (zubna pasta), read “zubna pasta”. In a live sentence: “Зубна паста закінчилася” (Zubna pasta zakinchylasia) — The toothpaste has run out. Noun, level A2; written with the characters з (z), у (U), б (b), н, а (a), п, а (a), с, т, а (a).
How is “зубна паста” (zubna pasta) written in Latin letters?
zubna pasta. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Word for word the international term, and here paste is not a food. The tube is "tiubik" — the same word as for a tube of paint. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.